Google CEO Says Company Will Review AI Scholar's Abrupt Exit 10 December 2020, by Matt O'brien

Google CEO says company will review AI scholar's abrupt exit 10 December 2020, by Matt O'brien

Pichai's note doesn't call it either a firing or a resignation but says "we need to accept responsibility for the fact that a prominent Black, female leader with immense talent left Google unhappily."

The dispute centered around Google's push to disassociate itself from a research paper Gebru co- authored examining the societal dangers of an AI technology used by Google.

Gebru criticized Pichai's memo Wednesday on Twitter, saying she saw "no plans for accountability" in it and because it offered no apology for what happened to her. In this Oct. 3, 2019 file photo, Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks during a visit to El Centro College in Thousands of people, many of them Google Dallas. Pichai has apologized for how a prominent employees, have signed an open letter showing artificial intelligence researcher's abrupt departure last support for Gebru and accusing Google of week has "seeded doubts" in the company. Pichai told "unprecedented research censorship," racism and Google employees in a memo Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 defensiveness. obtained by Axios that the tech company is beginning a review of the circumstances leading up to Black computer scientist Timnit Gebru's exit and how Google © 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. could have "led a more respectful process." (AP This material may not be published, broadcast, Photo/LM Otero, File) rewritten or redistributed without permission.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has apologized for how a prominent artificial intelligence researcher's abrupt departure last week has "seeded doubts" in the company.

Pichai told Google employees in a Wednesday memo obtained by Axios that the tech company is beginning a review of the circumstances leading up to Black computer scientist Timnit Gebru's exit and how Google could have "led a more respectful process."

Gebru, a top scholar in the field of AI ethics, said she was fired last week. Google has referred to it as a resignation.

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